Arm-support for embalming purposes



W. SHILLING.

ARM SUPPORT FOR EMBALMING PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-30.1919.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

muemkoz WADE SHILLING, OF TROY, OIIIO.

ARM-SUPPORT FOR EMBALMING PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb.24, 1920.

Application filed August 30, 1919. Serial No. 320,812.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WADE SHILLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Arm-Supports forEmbalming Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in arm rests for embalmingpurposes.

An object of the invention is to devise an arm rest or support for acorpse during the process of embalming which will be simple and compactin construction, effective for the purpose for which it is designed andeconomical in manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide an arm rest of thecharacter described which may be quickly and readily attached to acooling board or other convenient point of support and which will beself adjustable to different sized arms to obviate the necessity ofspecial adjusting devices.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view of an arm restembodying my improvements shown attached to its support.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the rest consists essentially of a singlepiece of wire, which may be number nine spring wire or ordinarytelephone orfence wire, bent to a peculiar shape as hereinafterdescribed, with the ends thereof connected by a flexible chain. The'wireis so bent as to provide two vertically-extending intermediate portions1 and 2, two outwardly flaring upper portions 3 and 4 and a lowerrearwardly-extending hook portion 5. The extreme upper ends are bentupon themselves as indicated at 6 to form eyes to receive the ends of achain 7 which is of a length greater than the distance between the eyes.

Threaded upon the portions 1 and 2 is a clamping plate consisting of acentral transversely-extending portion 9 having two town turned portions10 and 11; the transverse portion 9 being apertured to receive theportions 1 and 2 of the wire. The portion 11 of the clamp is bentinwardly against the wire portions 1 and 2, the extreme lower edgesthereof being bent imy hand this 26th slightly rearwardly as indicatedat 12 so as to partially embrace the portions 1 and 2. The portion 11 ofthe clamp has a centrallyarranged threaded perforation to receive athumb screw 13.

Inoperation the hook portion 5 is caused to engage the under side of thesupport, which maybe the side rail 14; of a cooling board, while theclamp is caused to embrace the upper edge thereof, the transverseportion lying on top of the rail while the downwardly-extending portion10 engages the inner side of the rail. The thumb screw is then turned inagainst the outer side of the rail so as to draw the portion 10 firmlyagainst the inner side of the rail and clamp the device firmly inposition. The clamp may be readily moved up or down upon the portionsland 2 to adjust the same to the height of the rail.

In operation, after the device has been firmly secured in position, thearm of the corpse is laid upon the chain 7 and by reason of theresilient nature of the resilient portions 3 and 4 and the flexiblecharacter of the chain 7, the device will readily adjust itself todifferent sized arms so as to eliminate the necessity of specialadjusting tallic rod bent to form verticallyextending intermediateportions arranged parallel with each other, outwardly flared upperextensions and a hook-shaped lower end; a flexible arm rest suspendedfrom the upper ends of said extensions so formed as to permit theextensions to approach each other under load, and a clamping devicecarried by said intermediate portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set day of August 1919. I WADESHILLING. Witnesses: I

HERMAN PFISTER, C. F. FAUST.

